This really made me chuckle.
I have kept a journal (diary) most of my life. There are things in there that might not need to be read by others but mainly it's okay. It's just my life and how I lived it. But, I had wondered whether I should destroy my journals before I die or not. I finally decided to just either cut out or mark out what little bad was written in them and leave the good stuff for my descendants to enjoy.
Then, in this latest issue of the AARP magazine I found this:
As I said, I really got a good chuckle out of this!
Oh dear Latane, have you written something really naughty that you did when you were young?? I'm smiling reading that verse.
ReplyDeleteToo funny!
ReplyDeleteI have several boxes of letters that my Dad wrote to my mom when they were dating and he was in the army. He was going to get rid of them and I talked him out of it. I promised not to look at them while he was alive.
I'm now trying to type them all up to put into a book for all of us. So far I've found nothing bad, just sweet things that once again remind me of how blessed I was to have him for a Dad! I'm sure your kids will feel the same.
:) I just keep a blog but do have a few early journals...the diaries from my youth were burned years ago:)
ReplyDeleteI kept journals since I was young - through my first marriage/ divorce and remarriage. I keep the ones of when I had my baby boys but the rest I burned. No one needs to read that my inner most thoughts!
ReplyDeleteI have never kept a journal and never even had a diary in my teenage years. As you are a good writer, Latane, your family may enjoy reading yours, but please don't be in a hurry to let them do that. yes, the AARP verse was funny.
ReplyDeleteIn the front of each of my journals I write a disclaimer. Something to the effect of "these are my thoughts only". That way, if I go before I toss them, my peeps will have to decide if its worth reading my thoughts, some of which were written in times of depression and grief. But probably, I will dispose of them before that.
ReplyDeleteI recently destroyed 30 yrs of journals. As Gina said, some were written in times of transition which were formative to the person I am today but not who I am any longer. A muse once suggested that the journals be donated to the archives. Not! And I have serious doubts that my son would be interested in reading them.
ReplyDeleteI kept a diary for many years and I have every intention of destroying them rather than letting family read my innermost thoughts which will probably upset them. That was never the intention but the diary was somewhere I could express my anger or frustrations without causing a family rift. You have reminded me that I must begin their disposal immediately .
ReplyDeleteThrow my journals in the lake, so funny.
ReplyDeletelolololololol. I love that lake part. OMG. Funny, funny, funny.
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